During the Late Republic, social disorder, political strife and an ongoing series of civil wars left the maintenance of the calendar in complete disarray. By the timeJulius Caesarconsolidated his power in 46 BC,
Gaius Cassius Longinus andMarcus Junius Brutus, former rivals of Caesar who’d joined the Roman Senate, led Caesar’s assassination. Cassius and Brutus dubbed themselves “the liberators.” Brutus’ involvement in the killing packed the most complicated backstory. During Rome’s earlier civil war, ...
Perhaps the most important reform made by Caesar, at least one that had a far reaching and lasting effect, was the reform of the calendar. On the advice of the Alexandrian scholar Sosigenes, Caesar changed the calendar to add 10 days per year, bringing it in line with the solar cycle, ...
Caesar greatly transformed the empire, relieving debt and reforming the Senate by increasing its size and opening it up so that it better represented all Romans. He altered the Roman calendar and reorganized the construction of local government. Caesar also resurrected two city-states, Carthage and...
This period encompassed the career of Julius Caesar, who eventually took full power over Rome as its dictator. After his assassination in 44 bce, the triumvirate of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, Caesar’s nephew, ruled. It was not long before Octavian went to war against Antony in ...
Since the Roman calendar year defined the term of office of elected officials, a pontifex maximus was able to control the length of his term simply by adding a leap month. When Julius Caesar became pontifex maximus, he ordered a calendar reform which eliminated leap months and resulted in the...
1.A 细节理解题 As the first Roman emperor, though he never claimed the title for himself, Augustus led Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire during the tumultuous years following the murder of his adoptive father Julius Caesar. (第一段第一句) 释义作为罗马的第一任皇帝,虽然他从未亲自...
What changes did Julius Caesar make to the Roman calendar? What was the calendar of the Incas based on? What is the Aztec calendar? What date did the Gregorian calendar start? What calendar was used in England before the Gregorian calendar?
Other classical writers, such as the poet Ovid in his Fasti (Calendar), were strongly influenced by Hellenistic models, and in their works they frequently employed Greek beliefs to fill gaps in the Roman tradition. Ancient Roman religion was polytheistic and involved the worship of many gods and...
As the calendar reached mid-summer, Octavian, still only 19 years old, was confirmed as Consul along with his cousin Q. Pedius and set about an extraordinary bit of political legislation. He seized the state treasury, paying off his troops, and finally received the distribution of Caesar's ...